The Danse Macabre of Women: Ms. fr. 995 of the Bibliotheque Nationale.

Renaissance Quarterly | June 22, 1996| | Copyright

This beautiful book is must reading for scholars interested in the late Middle Ages, and particularly in attitudes to women and to death. The manuscript of the Danse Macabre of Women (BN Ms. fr. 955) provides an interesting comparison and contrast to the printed versions by Guyot Marchant, which appeared after 1486. The manuscript contains painted miniatures of 36 women, the Musicians of Death and a Parisian authority figure in academic regalia; each illustration is accompanied by a two-part poem in which Death addresses its intended victim and the woman responds. In chapter ...

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